Improved physical fitness and quality of life following training of elderly patients after acute coronary events. A 1 year follow-up randomized controlled study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1475-1484

  Stahle A ^a   Mattsson, E ^a   Ryden L ^a   Unden, A L ^a   Nordlander, R ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary event; Cardiac rehabilitation; Elderly; Exercise training capacity; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART REHABILITATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TRAINING; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345466365     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.1999.1581     Document Type: Article

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